In the stories and sermons of Acts, emphasis is placed on the importance of faith in Jesus Christ for salvation, the forgiveness of sins through repentance, the empowering presence of the Holy Spirit in believers, and the call to share the message of salvation with others. The experiences of conversion, baptism, and spiritual transformation are also highlighted as key aspects of the salvation narrative in Acts.
John Calvin Reid has written: 'The marriage covenant' -- subject(s): Marriage service 'The Best Is Yet to Be' 'The grumpy prophet and 22 other Bible stories to read and tell' -- subject(s): Bible stories, Bible stories, English, English Bible stories 'Surprise for Dr. Retriever' 'We knew Jesus' -- subject(s): Sermons, American, Sermons, Biography, Presbyterian Church, Lenten sermons 'Thirty Favorite Bible Stories/R3373' 'Parables from the animal kingdom' -- subject(s): Animals, Children, Christian life, Christianity, Conduct of life, Juvenile literature, Parables, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Animals, Religious life 'We wrote the Gospels' -- subject(s): Bible, Evangelists (Bible), Introductions
D. L. Moody has written: 'Anecdotes and illustrations of D.L. Moody related by him in his revival work' 'Moody's Bible stories and gems of Christian thought' 'Earailean soisgeulach' -- subject(s): American Sermons, Gaelic Sermons, Sermons, American, Sermons, Gaelic, Translations from English, Translations into Gaelic 'The London addresses of Mr. D.L. Moody' 'New sermons, addresses and prayers' 'Moody's new sermons' -- subject(s): Sermons, Revivals 'D.L. Moody' -- subject(s): Sermons 'D.L. Moody' -- subject(s): Sermons
The Romantic American hero
George M. Bass has written: 'The pilgrims & the Passion; messages for Lent and Easter' -- subject(s): American Sermons, Lenten sermons, Lutheran Church, Sermons 'Telling the whole story' 'Lectionary preaching workbook, series III' -- subject(s): Bible, Church year, Common lectionary, English, Homiletical use, Lectionary preaching, Outlines, syllabi, Prayer-books and devotions, Sermons 'Great stories of the faith' -- subject(s): American Sermons, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Lutheran Church, Sermons 'The man, the message, and the mission'
Karen Lanners has written: 'Therapeutic stories for children in foster care' -- subject(s): Children's stories, Counseling of, Foster children, Psychological aspects, Psychological aspects of Storytelling, Storytelling
Brooke Herford has written: 'Saved, yet so as by fire, or, The object of future punishment' -- subject(s): Future punishment, Unitarianism 'Travers Madge' -- subject(s): Unitarians, Biography 'The church and the people' 'The perseverance of sinners' -- subject(s): Perseverance (Ethics) 'The unchangeable love of God' -- subject(s): God, Love 'Hardening and tempering' -- subject(s): Christianity, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Suffering, Steel industry and trade, Suffering 'The lesser and the larger Unitarianism' -- subject(s): Unitarianism 'Bible stories retold' -- subject(s): Bible stories, English, English Bible stories 'The day of judgment' -- subject(s): Judgment Day 'Gli unitari e la loro storia' -- subject(s): Unitarianism 'Saving faith in Christ' -- subject(s): Salvation, Natures 'Not what men believe, but what they are' -- subject(s): Unitarianism 'Christianity with a 'but' in it' 'Christianity as Christ preached it' -- subject(s): Teachings, Christianity 'What is left after the questionings of our time?' -- subject(s): Dogma, Unitarianism 'Scraps' -- subject(s): Waste products, Saving and investment 'An appeal for church extension among Unitarians' -- subject(s): Unitarianism 'A Protestant poor friar' -- subject(s): Unitarians 'Common sense about man's nature' -- subject(s): Original Sin, Sin, Original, Unitarianism 'Gli unitari e le loro credenze' -- subject(s): Unitarianism 'Tilted steel' -- subject(s): Contracts for work and labor, Christian life 'The deceitfulness of riches' -- subject(s): Bible, Christianity, Criticism, interpretation, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Wealth, Wealth 'Anchors Of The Soul' -- subject(s): Unitarian Universalist churches, Sermons, English Sermons, Unitarian, homiletics 'How to make the best of Sunday' -- subject(s): Sunday 'Two schemes of salvation' -- subject(s): Salvation
Carl S. Patton has written: 'Religion in the thought of today' 'More two-minute stories' -- subject(s): Children's sermons
The major genres of the romantiscism era in American literature are novels, short stories, sermons, manifestos and poems.
F. H. Drinkwater has written: 'Money and social justice' -- subject(s): Catholic Church, Christian sociology, Credit, Money 'Stories in school' -- subject(s): Bible stories, Biography, Christian saints, English Bible stories, Juvenile literature, Religious education, Saints 'Two hundred evening sermon notes' -- subject(s): Catholic Church, Outlines, syllabi, Sermons 'Telling the good news' -- subject(s): Religious education 'The question of God' 'Catechism stories' -- subject(s): Baltimore catechism, Catechisms, Catechisms, English, 'Rough sermon notes on the Sunday Gospels / by F. H. Drinkwater' -- subject(s): Bible, Catholic Church, English Sermons, Outlines, syllabi, Sermons
Robert Creighton has written: 'The vanity of the dissenters plea for their separation from the Church of England' -- subject(s): Bible, Dissenters, Religious, English Sermons, Religious Dissenters, Sermons, Sermons, English
Leslie Woolf Hedley has written: 'Art & politics' -- subject(s): Arts, Arts and society, Civilization, Cultural policy, Political aspects, Political aspects of Arts, Political correctness, Socialism and the arts 'Fiction 84' 'The Day Japan Bombed Pearl Harbor & Other Stories' '& More Stories & More Stories &'
Life was hard in ancinet times, and the stories of Greek mythology reflect that fact, as well, the trait in humanity to wish to hear of worse stories or lives than our own is a very old one.